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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12538
CVE-2024-12538:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Duplicate Post, Page and Any Custom Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure (CVE-2024-12538) in versions up to and including 3.5.3. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with disclosure on January 6, 2025 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the 'dppduplicateas_draft' function of the plugin. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The weakness is categorized as CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to extract potentially sensitive data from draft posts, scheduled (future) posts, private posts, and password-protected posts (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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